Difference between revisions of "Take use of virtualization"

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* [[turn your physical computer into a virtual one]]
 
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= Solutions =
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! Solution !! max vCPUs !! bridged networking possible !! Snapshot possible !! remarks
 
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| [[KVM]] || >= 8 || yes || no
 
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| [[Virtualbox]] || >= 16 || yes || yes || easy to install and easy to use
 
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| [[VMWare]] Server || 2 || yes || yes ||
 
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Revision as of 18:23, 22 May 2011

Virtualization allows you to run several "seeming-as-if" (virtual) computers on one computer. This can help you

  • to work in several isolated VPN environments on one computer
  • to test several Linux distributions running at the same time on one computer
  • for developers, to test "dangerous" changes like on the login manager or the boot sector
  • in big companies, to take best use out of your computing resources

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